Kwara LG chair­man sus­pended over al­leged mis­ap­pro­pri­a­tion

The 13-mem­ber leg­isla­tive coun­cil of Isin lo­cal gov­ern­ment area of Kwara State has sus­pended the coun­cil chair­man, Mr. Ab­dul­maaruf Thanni, for three months over al­leged mis­ap­pro­pri­a­tion of funds.

In a joint state­ment signed by nine out of 11 coun­cilors in the lo­cal gov­ern­ment, the coun­cilors said the de­ci­sion was taken at their yes­ter­day’s sit­ting which was presided over by the Speaker, Hon. Jo­layemi Julius.

The state­ment di­rected the chair­man to hand over all the doc­u­ments of the coun­cil to the vice-chair­man, Hon. Joseph Ajayi.